Articles tagged with "copa del rey"
Tin Tin thrown to the Lions!
By Elisa | April 22nd, 2008Our boys from Athletic Bilbao thrashed Valencia 5 -1 at el Catedral, San Mames!!! It all started with a Guard of Honor for the new Copa Del Rey champs and ended in a gran victory for Los Leones. Javi Martinez, our leader in the midfield, kic ...
Cup Tidbits and Relegation Battles
By Cesar | April 17th, 2008So I'm coming down from my high some, still reveling in last night's victory. But at the same time, I know we have lots of work to do ... for example, assuring our passage into next season's La Liga. Last night was great fun (so great that my hea ...
Cup Highlights
By Cesar | April 17th, 2008The idiots at GOL TV decided to cut away *RIGHT* when Valencia were to receive the Copa from King Juan Carlos ... What were they thinking?? They're in the soccer business, no? Aren't these the special moments we watch soccer for? Why do that to us ...
Valencia CAMPEONES!
By Cesar | April 16th, 2008So after all that, we did it ... 2007-08 Copa Del Rey champions and in impressive fashion, in what was a wonderful game to watch for Valencia fans. I admit it. I am a bit tipsy at the moment. But can you blame me?? What a season! What a c ...
El Corazon del Escudo ... Or, I'm Nervous
By Cesar | April 16th, 2008Here we are, Cup final day. And I'm nervous as can be ... I'm in New York City, 9am on a sunny spring day, awaiting the sight of my team playing in Spain's version of the Super Bowl. The King Juan Carlos will be there as will many dignitaries and ...
More Copa Del Rey News
By Cesar | April 15th, 2008Some more tidbits ahead of our 2-1 victory over Getafe in the Copa Del Rey final ... (I'm trying very, very hard to be optimistic here ...) - Is Koeman getting the sack win, lose or draw tomorrow night? According to this report, he is. Four win ...
The Final
By Cesar | April 15th, 2008First off, some links and other stuff ahead of tomorrow's Copa Del Rey final against Getafe. - Valencia president Agustin Morera said winning the King's Cup will not make up for a "disastrous season" ... you said it, Mr. Morera. "It isn't po ...
Out of Words ...
By Cesar | April 14th, 2008I don't know what to say right now regarding our slip-sliding club. It's a feeling bordering on moodiness, apathy and resignation. It's weird. I should be super passionate for the club right now, on the eve of a final. But with Valencia looki ...
Valencia Songs and EuroGeta
By Cesar | April 11th, 2008First off, big ups to our Copa Del Rey opponents Getafe on their spectacular run in the UEFA Cup ... What a way to go out last night. Football can be very cruel at times and last night proved that. Two goals in three minutes knocks Getafe out ...
Si! Si! Si! Nos Vamos a Madrid!!!
By Cesar | March 22nd, 2008Words can't express the elation I've felt since Thursday over Valencia's 3-2 victory over Barcelona in the Cup semifinal ... With the win, Los Che advance to the Copa Del Rey final, April 16th against Getafe. I'm beside myself with pride, jubilation
Valencia 3, Barca 2, a.k.a. "Well, we still have the double" edition
By Isaiah | March 21st, 2008Dammit, this one killed me for so many reasons. First off, I know why he did it, and I'll never, ever question his manhood, but Yaya wasn't himself. He took the needle (cortisone) to play, and tried like a lion. A healthy Yaya stops that first goal, but s
Barca-Valencia preview (Thursday, 3:30 p.m. ET, GolTV), a.k.a. "Remember the Getafe," a.k.a. "Ronnie needs a smack"
By Isaiah | March 19th, 2008Right. This is the first, for-real, no messing about, bring-the-silver ass game. We all remember what happened last year. All we had to do was take care of business against Getafe, of all teams, and we laid a big, fat, stinking, 5-goals against egg. Ugh.
Leave Your Heart on the Pitch!!!
By Cesar | March 19th, 2008Today's La Nit de Foc, the annual Night of Fire that concludes Valencia's grand Fallas festival. Along with the burning down of the huge papier-mâché figures around the city, known as La Cremà, the two events constitute the last acts of the Fallas
Quick Bits
By Cesar | March 17th, 2008I don't have anything in particular to say, but I have some time on my hands. Here, my latest installment of tidbits ... -- David Villa. The Chosen One. The Saviour. The Great Striker We Lacked in The Glory Years ... the man who is ready to take his
Intertoto Cup Our Saving Grace?
By Cesar | March 16th, 2008It's getting bad ... again ... I don't have the heart to write a detailed, blow-by-blow account of yesterday's humiliating 2-1 defeat to Sevilla at the Mestalla. Here's what goal.com's Fernando Montabon had to say about yesterday's game: Valen
Copa: Barcelona 1 - 1 Valencia (Deification Edition)
By Isaiah | February 28th, 2008The game came down to the hands of a man Ray Hudson screamed was a "black jungle cat" and yet another late, late, late heroic strike from Xavi. If not for Timo Hildebrand's freakish ability to tell where the ball was going and his absurd luck, the game wo
Copa del Rey! Copa del Rrrrrreeeeyyyyyyy!!!!
By Isaiah | February 27th, 2008Remember this is what happened last time we played a Copa del Rey semifinal at the Camp Nou: Tot el camp és un clam som la gent blaugrana tant se val d'on venim si del sud o del nord ara estem d'acord, estem d'acord una bandera ens agermana b
Barca and Las Fallas
By Cesar | February 1st, 2008Wish I had more time, so here's a short one ... I thought we played sufficient against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. We weren't great, but we weren't bad. Silly first goal, with the ball rolling in off Cleber's leg. A goal is a goal, though ...
Barcelona - Villarreal: Copa del Rey 2nd Leg, TODAY 4pm EST
By Isaiah | January 31st, 2008Heyyyyoooo it's Barcelona hosting Villarreal in a must-win match. Not draw, not lose, but win. Outright. By putting more goals in the net than the other team. Anyone not clear on this? Rijkaard, any questions? Ronaldinho is back, in the squad, if not nece
Villarreal - Barcelona: Copa del Rey preview, in brief
By Isaiah | January 24th, 2008It's the Copa del Rey quarterfinals, first leg at El Madrigal, a place that hasn't been kind to us this season (see 3-1 loss), but we've got our little "talisman" back and Lionel Messi might just prove the difference. He was there for that loss, of course
Barcelona 0 - 0 Sevilla: Copa del Rey review
By Isaiah | January 17th, 2008This is a delayed posting because of some technical problems. Sorry for the inconvenience. -The Management I had the good fortune to leave work early on Tuesday in order to race home and tune in to GolTV's presentation of Barcelona hosting Sevilla in t
Barcelona - Sevilla: Copa del Rey 2nd leg
By Isaiah | January 15th, 2008It's 1-1 and we've got to make a statement. It's more of a statement game than Murcia because, despite the 4-0 scoreline, it was Murcia and this is the UEFA Cup defending champ. This is the game where Frank can make up for all he seems to have lost over t
How to deserve to lose
By Isaiah | January 10th, 2008Purely hypothetically let's say you're the manager of a famous club and your team is drawing 1-1 away during the first leg of a cup tie. Naturally you have several options open to you because, as has been previously stated, your club is famous and therefo
Sevilla - Barcelona: Copa del Rey preview + randomness
By Isaiah | January 8th, 2008It's January and a soccer blogger of even my stature would be remiss if he or she didn't cover a couple of the rumblings in the press about who is going where and when. There are a handful of keepers to keep an eye on, really, as Barcelona look for both a
Noticias Del Día--Mucho Sevilla, My Interview, Copa del Rey, Go Bucks
By Ryan | January 7th, 2008Here you have it Sevillistas, your Noticias del Día! ---¡Mucho Sevilla! The Sevilla derby was nothing more than a one-sided game with Sevilla coming out on-top 3-0. AS called it 'A One-Colored Derby' A brace by Luis Fabiano gives him 12 goals i
Zaragoza Comes to Town
By Corey | January 5th, 2008Here is the fixture list for the next two months, which Gonzalo pointed out is looking very crowded. I said back in November that December was a make or break month for the team, and they steered through it virtually unscathed. We were able to beat Barca,
Happy New Year!
By Isaiah | January 2nd, 2008It's the new year, the new half of the season (sort of, 2 more games before the real halftime), so I'm back fresh, hopefully along with a fresh team; we've got a Copa del Rey second leg match, an injured reserve keeper, and seven points to make up. And, t
Alcoyano 0 - 3 Barcelona: Copa Del Rey, with highlights
By Isaiah | November 15th, 2007Henry, Gudjohnsen (pen), and Bojan all scored in the 0-3 win at Alcoyano and while they left it late, and the last two goals (86' and 90') came when Alcoyano was down to 9 men, Barca were never really in danger of losing this one or even tying it. At leas
Getafe 4 - 0 Barcelona - Lowlights
By Isaiah | May 11th, 2007Well, it's my duty, I suppose, to provide the eulogy for Barcelona's Copa del Rey campaign. Not that I want to think about this game now or ever again, but it has to be done, so here is a 5 minute "highlight" reel of the game : Note the terrible defend
Well there goes that idea.
By Isaiah | May 10th, 2007Getafe destroyed us. 4-0. Wow. I honestly didn't see that coming, even with our bad away record. And I guess it means Michel Salgado can stop worrying about any offensive presences in his beloved stadium. Wow. I got home from work just now, check the scor
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